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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Sep;93(9):933-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb08011.x.

The use of a calcium antagonist (nifedipine) to suppress preterm labour

M D Read, D E Wellby
Clinical Trial

The use of a calcium antagonist (nifedipine) to suppress preterm labour

M D Read et al. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

The efficacy of an orally administered calcium antagonist, nifedipine, in suppressing premature uterine activity, was compared with intravenous ritodrine and no treatment. Nifedipine was found to be significantly more effective than ritodrine or withholding therapy, and was almost devoid of side-effects.

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